Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Issues 77-79Johnson, 1810 - 220 pages |
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... dead , and my freed soul to a strange somewhere fled . Ah ! sottish soul ! said I , when back to ' its cage again I saw it fly : fool ! to resume her broken chain , and row her galley here again ! fool ! to that body to return where it ...
... dead , and my freed soul to a strange somewhere fled . Ah ! sottish soul ! said I , when back to ' its cage again I saw it fly : fool ! to resume her broken chain , and row her galley here again ! fool ! to that body to return where it ...
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... dead , or old , ' t has nought to do . They should not love yet all , or any , but very much , and very many . All their life should gilded be with mirth , and wit , and gaiety , well rememb'ring , and applying the necessity of dying ...
... dead , or old , ' t has nought to do . They should not love yet all , or any , but very much , and very many . All their life should gilded be with mirth , and wit , and gaiety , well rememb'ring , and applying the necessity of dying ...
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... dead , yet freed from human toil and strife , and all the impertinence of life ; who in his poverty is neat , and even in retirement great ! with gold , the people's idol , he holds endless war and enmity . Can you not say he has resign ...
... dead , yet freed from human toil and strife , and all the impertinence of life ; who in his poverty is neat , and even in retirement great ! with gold , the people's idol , he holds endless war and enmity . Can you not say he has resign ...
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... dead ; the sacred poets first shall hear the sound , and foremost from the tomb shall bound , for they are cover'd with the lightest ground ; and straight , with in - born vigour , on the wing , like mounting larks , to the new morning ...
... dead ; the sacred poets first shall hear the sound , and foremost from the tomb shall bound , for they are cover'd with the lightest ground ; and straight , with in - born vigour , on the wing , like mounting larks , to the new morning ...
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... dead . Then cold , and hot , and moist , and dry , in order to their stations leap , and Music's power obey . From harmony , from heavenly harmony , this universal frame began : from harmony to harmony through all the compass of the ...
... dead . Then cold , and hot , and moist , and dry , in order to their stations leap , and Music's power obey . From harmony , from heavenly harmony , this universal frame began : from harmony to harmony through all the compass of the ...
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Page 24 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Page 20 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Page 82 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 22 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes...
Page 19 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Page 21 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Page 21 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 19 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 7 - A watchtower once ; but now, so fate ordains. Of all the pile an empty name remains. From its...
Page 4 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.